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24 games like The Pillage (2026)

Recomputed 2 September 2026 · Ordered by overlap, not by score · Free to read, nothing here is paid for

Every game below overlaps with The Pillage on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.

The short version

  • Closest match: Iron Snout, which both relaxing.
  • The Pillage is tagged Gore, Indie, Action, Casual, Violent, Nudity, Arcade, Hack and Slash by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
  • 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
  • 6 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.

How these were matched

Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.

Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.

All 24, closest first

  1. 1

    Iron Snout

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Gore, Indie and Violent; released around the same time (2016).

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    Iron Snout at a glance
    Released2016StudioSnoutUp
    Player sentiment98% positive of 17,480PriceFree

    GoreIndieViolentCasualArcade

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  2. 2

    People Playground

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 4 player tags including Gore, Violent and Indie; released around the same time (2019).

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    People Playground at a glance
    Released2019Studiomestiez
    Player sentiment98% positive of 317,401Price$9.99

    GoreViolentIndieCasual

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  3. 3

    One Finger Death Punch

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 4 player tags including Indie, Casual and Arcade; released around the same time (2014).

    Experience cinematic kung-fu battles in the fastest, most intense brawler the indie world has ever seen! With the unique 1:1 response system of One Finger Death Punch, players will feel the immediate feedback of every bone-crunching hit. Pay tribute to the masters using five classic kung-fu styles mixed with additional weapons.

    One Finger Death Punch at a glance
    Released2014StudioSilver Dollar Games
    Player sentiment98% positive of 16,338Price$4.99

    IndieCasualArcadeGore

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  4. 4

    Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 4 player tags including Gore, Violent and Indie; released around the same time (2021).

    Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.

    Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! at a glance
    Released2021StudioTeam Salvato
    Player sentiment97% positive of 32,198Price$14.99

    GoreViolentIndieCasual

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  5. 5

    Doki Doki Literature Club!

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 4 player tags including Gore, Violent and Indie; released around the same time (2017).

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    Doki Doki Literature Club! at a glance
    Released2017StudioTeam Salvato
    Player sentiment96% positive of 227,039PriceFree

    GoreViolentIndieCasual

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  6. 6

    League of Maidens

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Nudity, Casual and Hack and Slash.

    League of Maidens® is a Single Player FREE TO PLAY online action RPG game featuring beautiful maidens with guns and super powers by the indie studio Maiden Gaming. Features: Questing, Battle Modes, Customization, Posing & Sharing Characters, Poses, Scenes & 4K Photos with fellow players.

    League of Maidens at a glance
    Released2025StudioMaiden Gaming Inc.
    Player sentiment55% positive of 6,867PriceFree

    NudityCasualHack and SlashViolentGore

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  7. 7

    Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 4 player tags including Gore, Violent and Casual; released around the same time (2018).

    Help legendary horror icon Jason Voorhees stalk and slay campers across 100+ puzzle levels in a hilariously off kilter puzzle game. Jason will terrorize victims from the campgrounds of Crystal Lake to the highrises of Manhattan, from supermax prisons to space stations... and beyond!

    Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle at a glance
    Released2018StudioBlue Wizard Digital
    Player sentiment94% positive of 6,080PriceNot listed

    GoreViolentCasualIndie

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  8. 8

    Muse Dash

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 4 player tags including Casual, Indie and Arcade; released around the same time (2019).

    Paradise of parkour & rhythm game ★★★ — Muse Dash!!

    Muse Dash at a glance
    Released2019Studioperopero
    Player sentiment91% positive of 122,129Price$2.99

    CasualIndieArcadeNudity

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  9. 9

    Serial Cleaner

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 4 player tags including Indie, Gore and Casual; released around the same time (2017).

    Slip on your flares, grab your shades and hop in your station wagon, it's time to work… as a professional mob cleaner. In this stylish award winning 2D action-stealth game you have to make sure you get in, clean up and get out without leaving a trace - Queue the funky 70s inspired soundtrack!

    Serial Cleaner at a glance
    Released2017StudioDraw Distance
    Player sentiment84% positive of 4,276Price$14.99

    IndieGoreCasualArcade

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  10. 10

    BRAIN / OUT

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 4 player tags including Indie, Violent and Gore; released around the same time (2017).

    Brain / Out is a multiplayer shooter with a nostalgic post-Soviet feel. Experience dynamic battles and exterminate your enemies with a large arsenal of modern weaponry. Lock'n'load!

    BRAIN / OUT at a glance
    Released2017StudioDesertkun
    Player sentiment82% positive of 15,226PriceFree

    IndieViolentGoreCasual

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  11. 11

    Bright Memory

    Why it matched: shares 5 player tags including Hack and Slash, Indie and Gore; released around the same time (2020).

    Bright Memory is a lightning-fast fusion of the FPS and action genres, created by one-man development studio FYQD using Unreal Engine. Combine a wide variety of skills and abilities to unleash dazzling combo attacks.

    Bright Memory at a glance
    Released2020StudioFYQD-Studio
    Player sentiment90% positive of 33,096Price$7.99

    Hack and SlashIndieGoreViolentNudity

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  12. 12

    嗜血印 Bloody Spell

    Why it matched: shares 5 player tags including Nudity, Hack and Slash and Violent; released around the same time (2022).

    This is a martial arts action role-playing game. The core of the game is battle-oriented, and it combines many fighting elements. If you are a player who pursues blood and is brave enough to challenge the limits, it will definitely inspire your adrenaline and bring you the best combat experience.

    嗜血印 Bloody Spell at a glance
    Released2022Studio艺龙游戏
    Player sentiment89% positive of 39,228Price$24.99

    NudityHack and SlashViolentGoreIndie

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  13. 13

    She Will Punish Them

    Why it matched: shares 5 player tags including Nudity, Hack and Slash and Violent; released around the same time (2020).

    A sensual dark fantasy ARPG. Customize a stunning succubus with great body details, together with your companions fight intense combats with challenging bosses to get sexy outfits and powerful equipment, and between battles, chill and interact with your fellow maidens at the palace designed by you.

    She Will Punish Them at a glance
    Released2020StudioL2 Games
    Player sentiment86% positive of 18,150Price$15.99

    NudityHack and SlashViolentGoreIndie

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  14. 14

    Vampire Survivors

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 3 player tags including Indie, Casual and Arcade; released around the same time (2022).

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    Vampire Survivors at a glance
    Released2022Studioponcle
    Player sentiment98% positive of 265,103Price$3.74

    IndieCasualArcade

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  15. 15

    Mirror

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 3 player tags including Nudity, Indie and Casual; released around the same time (2018).

    This is a game that combines match-3, GALGAME elements and beauties. If you want to learn more about those beauties, you need to best them first. How the story goes is choice-based so your choices will ultimately decide their fate.

    Mirror at a glance
    Released2018StudioKAGAMI WORKS
    Player sentiment96% positive of 84,022Price$1.99

    NudityIndieCasual

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  16. 16

    HuniePop

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 3 player tags including Nudity, Indie and Casual; released around the same time (2015).

    HuniePop is a unique sim experience for PC, Mac and Linux. It's a gameplay first approach that's part dating sim, part puzzle game, with light RPG elements, a visual novel style of presentation, an abrasive western writing style and plenty of "plot".

    HuniePop at a glance
    Released2015StudioHuniePot
    Player sentiment96% positive of 31,679Price$9.99

    NudityIndieCasual

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  17. 17

    A Dance of Fire and Ice

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 3 player tags including Indie, Arcade and Casual; released around the same time (2019).

    A Dance of Fire and Ice is a strict rhythm game. Keep your focus as you guide two orbiting planets along a winding path without breaking their perfect equilibrium.

    A Dance of Fire and Ice at a glance
    Released2019Studio7th Beat Games
    Player sentiment94% positive of 83,377Price$4.79

    IndieArcadeCasual

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  18. 18

    Everlasting Summer

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 3 player tags including Nudity, Indie and Casual; released around the same time (2014).

    Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!

    Everlasting Summer at a glance
    Released2014StudioSoviet Games
    Player sentiment94% positive of 78,073PriceFree

    NudityIndieCasual

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  19. 19

    NEKOPARA Vol. 0

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 3 player tags including Nudity, Casual and Indie; released around the same time (2015).

    Please note that NEKOPARA Vol. 0 is a fandisc for NEKOPARA Vol. 1What's NEKOPARA? Why, it's a cat paradise! This is a story just before Kashou opened "La Soleil".Enjoy a page from the leisurely, daily lives of Shigure and the Minaduki household's catgirls!

    NEKOPARA Vol. 0 at a glance
    Released2015StudioNEKO WORKs
    Player sentiment94% positive of 17,786Price$2.99

    NudityCasualIndie

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  20. 20

    Tetris Effect: Connected

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 3 player tags including Indie, Arcade and Casual; released around the same time (2021).

    Tetris® Effect: Connected adds an all-new robust multiplayer expansion to the huge variety of addictive and innovative single-player modes that Tetris Effect is known for, with all-new co-op and competitive online and local multiplayer modes!

    Tetris Effect: Connected at a glance
    Released2021StudioMonstars Inc.
    Player sentiment94% positive of 9,007Price$39.99

    IndieArcadeCasual

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  21. 21

    The Fruit of Grisaia

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 3 player tags including Nudity, Casual and Violent; released around the same time (2015).

    SIX FRUITS BARE THEIR FANGS AT THE WORLD. --The academy was their orchard. In this place of learning, protected by high walls from the outside world, there arrived a single young man who'd lost his purpose in life. He'd lost sight of what he wanted to protect.

    The Fruit of Grisaia at a glance
    Released2015StudioFront Wing
    Player sentiment92% positive of 1,119Price$39.99

    NudityCasualViolent

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  22. 22

    Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 3 player tags including Indie, Casual and Nudity; released around the same time (2017).

    Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads. Are you ready? Hi ready, I'm Dad.

    Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator at a glance
    Released2017StudioGame Grumps
    Player sentiment92% positive of 6,260Price$14.99

    IndieCasualNudity

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  23. 23

    Streets of Rage 4

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 3 player tags including Indie, Arcade and Casual; released around the same time (2020).

    Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.

    Streets of Rage 4 at a glance
    Released2020StudioDotemu
    Player sentiment92% positive of 19,668Price$24.99

    IndieArcadeCasual

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

  24. 24

    Crab Game

    Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 3 player tags including Arcade, Casual and Nudity; released around the same time (2021).

    Crab Game is a First-Person Multiplayer game where you play through several different minigames based on children's games, until only one player stands victorious.

    Crab Game at a glance
    Released2021StudioDani
    Player sentiment91% positive of 151,093PriceFree

    ArcadeCasualNudity

    Full entryGames like this oneStore page

Common questions

What game is most like The Pillage?

Iron Snout, on the evidence we have. It both relaxing. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.

How is "similar to The Pillage" decided?

By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.

Are these ranked by quality?

No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with The Pillage. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.

Do you get paid for these recommendations?

No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.

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